ShuckOwens Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 First, an all-out assault on '30 Rock', now this damning reference: http://gawker.com/#!5774507/brownstone-brooklynites-absolutely-terrified-of-hip+hop-music It's time we confronted our musical xenophobia head-on, y'all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 First, they're reporting on a petition that has been signed by 15 - woah there, huge social movement. Second, the implication is that hipsters live in Brooklyn, and I don't think 'hipster' is a term that has accurately described the average Wilco fan since 2005. Finally, hip-hop has been more hipster than Wilco has for about a decade. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Is that an unfunny piece of satire, or a piece of legitimate journalism written by someone cooler and smarter than everyone else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Heh. Wait'll Talib Kweli hears about this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShuckOwens Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Is that an unfunny piece of satire, or a piece of legitimate journalism written by someone cooler and smarter than everyone else?Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 "So what does "urban" really mean?"... not sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 That's code for music made by black people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
realrival Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 What's funny is that the writer is doing exactly what the Park Slopers are doing- associating a type of music with a race and associating that race with a type of behavior and attitude. Indie music and Hip Hop don't hate each other. People hate people. The petition doesn't have to do with music, it has to do with racism. I think the writer could have delved A LOT deeper into the racism/gentrification aspect of it all. The music is just a scapegoated stand-in for what really should have been said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 At least it's well-written: "weary, Wilco-swaddled bones" is a great phrase. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 At least it's well-written: "weary, Wilco-swaddled bones" is a great phrase.What does it mean though? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug C Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 What does it mean though? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heart full of holes Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 "So what does "urban" really mean?"... not sureI'm not sure either. But what does it mean that Randy Jackson just mentioned Wilco on American Idol? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'm not sure either. But what does it mean that Randy Jackson just mentioned Wilco on American Idol? Of course, that was right before Randy mentioned that Don Was was in the Traveling Wilburys ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heart full of holes Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Of course, that was right before Randy mentioned that Don Was was in the Traveling Wilburys ...True. btw, the contestant RJ was talking to is here: http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/422399/idol-paul-mcdonaldhis-amazing-technicolor-dreamsuit/ threads collide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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